Cannot Access Novell UNC Share When You Run a Program as a Service

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This article was previously published under Q250502

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SYMPTOMS

A CreateFile function call may not succeed in a program that is configured to run as a service and is attempting to create a file on a Universal Naming Convention-specified Novell NetWare share after successful calls to LogonUser to impersonate a user.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/ ) How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

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WORKAROUND

Do not run the program as a service in Windows 2000.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.

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